Garment-stay



GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26. 1911.

Ow 1 Gd 1 7n 1 m J d ADNIRAM J. COOK, OF WESTERLO, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 1919.

Application filed September 26, 1917. Serial No. 193,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADNIRAM J. (3001:, a citizen of the United States,residing at Westerlo, in the county of Albany, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Stays; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improvement in garment stays and has particularreference to a wire stay for corsets.

In known constructions, stays have been formed by providing series ofconvolutions arranged in vertical rows and having contiguous edges ofsaid rows secured together, as by welding, but an objection to saidconstruction resides in the fact thatby welding the parts of the staytogether the same is deprived of the necessary flexibility.

It is therefore proposed, in the present invention, to provide a stayformed from a single length of wire bent to provide a plurality ofconvolutions or loops between certain of which extend joining orconnecting portions which give to the intermediate portions of the staythe required strength and flexibility without in any way securing saidintermediate parts together.

Another object is to provide a stay of the above stated characterlstics,in which the convolutions will include straight portions extendinglongitudinally of the stay and arranged with respect to each other so asto form, in effect, sectional center and side ribs giving properstiffness to the stay, these portions being connected by lateralportions readily distortable torsionally, thus giving proper elasticityto the stay.

The invention further embodies a stay of this character which is simplein construction, easy to manufacture and effective in carrying out thepurpose for which it is designed.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustratingthe invention, is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a stay with the cover therefor broken away.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the wire forming the stay.

In the drawing, the numeral 3 indicates the cover of the stay in whichthe stay wire, generally indicated by the numeral 4, is secured, theends of said wire having the tips 5 secured thereto whereby to protectthe garment from said ends.

The stay 4: is formed from a single length of material and each end isbent to provide the transverse portions 6. Contiguous to said portions,the wire is bent at right angles to form a longitudinal edge portion 7from which extends diagonally the connecting or joining portion 8. Theremainder of the wire is bent to form longitudinal rows 9 ofconvolutions or loops, each of which is preferably of a triangularformation and the adjacent loops of each row are disposed in staggeredrelation and extend in opposite directions to each other with certain ofthe bases 10 thereof alining to form in efiect the outer longitudinalsectional edge ribs for the stay. row are alined longitudinally betweenthe outer edges of the stay, thus forming a sectional center rib, inefiect. The loops of one row, the bases of which form said outerlongitudinal ribs, are opposed to the corresponding loops of the otherrow, and these opposed loops are connected by the diagonal joiningportions 11 which alternately extend diagonally in opposite directions,said joining portions forming certain of the sides of said opposed loopsand being of a length greater than that of a side of any one of saidloops. It will be apparent from the foregoing description that byconstructing the stay of a single length of wire bent as set forth withthe sectional ribs and the elongated joining portions connecting opposedloops, the stay will have the required strength and the joining portions11 as well as the diagonal portions of all of the loops, will be ofsufficient flexibility and sufficiently distortable torsionally, topermit of the stay bending as required.

What is claimed is 1. A garment stay formed of a single length of wirebent to provide rows of convolutions certain of those in one row beingconnected to opposed convolutions in the other row by joining portionswhich alternately extend in opposite diagonal directions, the joiningportions forming certain of the sides of the convolutions which theyconnect, the other convolutions of each row being interposed between thejoining portions of the next adjacent convolution, said The bases of theother loops of each.

interposed convolutions at one side including portions overlappingsimilar portions of the interposed convolutions at the other side, toform a sectional rib for the stay.

2. A garment stay formed of a single length of Wire and provided 011each side of the middle thereof with a row of convolutions certain ofthose in one row being con.- nected to opposed convolutions in the otherrow by joining portions which alternately extend in opposite directions,the joining portions forming certain of the sides of the convolutionswhich they connect, the other convolutions of each row being interposedbetween the joining portions of the next adjacent convolutions, saidinterposed convolutions at one side including straight portions alininglongitudinally of the stay with similar portions of the interposedconvolutions at the other side.

3. A garment stay formed on each side of the middle thereof withtriangular convolutions, certain of the convolutions 011 each side ofsaid middle having common sides and being arranged in staggeredrelation, the convolutions on each side of the middle of the stayforming rows and the alternate convolutions of one row being. connectedto the opposed convolutions of the other row by joining portions whichalternately extend diagonally in opposite directions, the joiningportions forming certain of the sides of the convolutions which theyconnect, the other convolutions of each row being interposed between thejoining portions of the next adjacent convolutions, and includingrelatively long straight portions extending longitudinally of the stay.

4. A garment stay formed with a plurality of convolutions, certain ofsaid. convolutions including straight portions alining longitudinally ofthe stay between the side edges thereof, certain others of saidconvolutions including straight portions alining longitudinally of thestay at one side edge thereof, and certain others of said convolutionsincluding straight portions aliniug longitudinally of the stay at theopposite side edge thereof, said straight portions of the adjacentconvolutions, longitudinally of the stay, being connected by diagonalportions forming part of the convolutions- In testimony whereof, I afiixmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADNIRAM J. COOK. Witnesses:

BEAMAN I-IANNAY, AUGUSTA ROBERTS.

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